Why does my board keep flipping when I ollie?

If your upper body (especially head and arms) have drifted out over your toeside while lifting, your legs are going to follow, and your front foot is going to move diagonally off the the board into a heelflip.

Do you have to jump high to ollie?

You need to jump high, pop hard, slide up your foot, and remember to pull up your back foot so you let the board come up of the ground! If you correctly pop your board, slide your foot up the board, have good foot placement, have good timing, and jump with your board you should be able to complete an ollie.

Where should you look when you ollie?

The best position to keep your balance is looking to the front with your shoulders lined as the board. You should never look to the floor! To do straight ollie, where ever your head tilt, your shoulder straight with your deck, dont twist it coz it will impact to direction of ur deck.

Why is the ollie so hard to learn?

Unlike a soccer ball in mid-flight, a skateboard mid-ollie is being actively steered. This is exactly what makes doing an ollie so hard. It’s not enough to get the skateboard up into the air – you also have to steer it while it’s in the air. In fact, we can work out how you need to steer the skateboard.

What’s a hospital flip?

A Hospital Flip is similar to a Casper Flip. A Hospital Flip still turns the board, grip-tape side down onto your foot, but then that same foot pushes it back right-side up with a 180° turn, instead of using the back foot.

Why is ollie so hard?

Can you Ollie without a Kicktail?

If you want to do an “Ollie”- giving your board some air – you crouch down and jump directly upward, followed quickly by popping the tail, which raises the nose upwards and pops the board in the air. Without a kicktail that would be nearing impossible. Many tricks involve using the kicktails and they add so much fun.